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Haulin' Home * Canada - This isn't your average sleeper cab
A trucker's dream motorhome
Taber,Albta,CAN -Today's Trucking -9 Feb 2009: -- Marv Mountstephen has quite the imagination. He also has quite a bit of experience building trailers and when he had a chance to combine the two, one customer drove away with a trucker's dream motorhome. Mountstephen operates Outlaw Welding and Mechanical in the rural town of Taber, Alta. The shop's typical work is on truck bodies and trailers working in the oilpatch, although Mountstephen also has experience building horse and racecar trailers... Built like a tank, this isn't your husband-and-wife retirement truck, says its creator... The customer brought in a 2008 Pete 389 long-nose, equipped with a 538-hp Cummins and a 13-speed Roadranger UltraShift transmission. An UltraCab was spec'd on the chassis, but behind the curtain there was just empty space instead of a bunk... That empty space became Mountstephen's workshop...
Since the big rig had the ability to carry more weight than a typical motorhome, the sinks, shower, and washer and dryer installed were residential quality, instead of lightweight RV models. As well, the customer decided to add a few more features... The 'sleeper' is more like a bachelor suite than truck cab... Including the truck -- which was also fully loaded -- Mountstephan estimates the whole get-up cost about $400,000...Labels: truckers' dream
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